This morning I woke up and felt much better than yesterday. I decided to keep taking the Coconut oil and for the rest of the day I felt fine. I thought my health concerns were over. Wrong!!!I'm a volunteer participant in a medical research program and this morning I found out that some of my blood work came back abnormal. My GGT came in at 250 and it should be under 60, my AST 60 and it should be under 37 and my ALT 67 and it should be under 46. In January 2007, the same test's were fine, except the GGT was slightly elevated to 87. Last week I was turned down for additional life insurance after they did some blood work and now I know why. Needless to say I'm concerned.
This afternoon I went to see my family doctor and he also seemed concerned and ordered a battery of blood work tests and a urine test, which I did right away. I'm scheduled to see him next Friday to review the results. I did some research on the net and it said that when GGT is high, it doesn't identify the problem, it just identifies that something is wrong and that it requires further investigation and tests.
After getting this information it took the "wind out of my sails". I didn't feel like doing anything. I just wanted to do some research and learn more about what the results meant. Even though I didn't feel like doing anything I went to the Y and did my swim and weights anyway. When I got there I forgot my towel in the car because all I was doing was thinking about the tests. The workouts were somber. I kept wondering what was wrong and was it something serious and of course I was thinking the worst. On the drive home and even as I write this blog entry I'm in a contemplative state of mind.
Swim - 1:06:28 / 3100 meters
Weights - 45:00
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For now, try to focus on being in the moment. Don't play the "what if" game because this will just drive you crazy.
I know this is impossible to do, but avoiding research on the internet might help. My experience is that you land on the "worst-case" sites a lot more than the small stuff.
Stay positive and keep your normal routine.
Thanks Sam. Good advice.
Hi B
Sorry to hear, just stay positive, things are most of the time worst than they seem.
Know it is difficult but don't loose your positive attitude now, you are a real inspiration to a LOT of people that reads your blog
J
Thanks Johan. I will. I'm just anxious to find out what it is so I can deal with it.
I've been monitoring my blood work for a couple years now. Earlier this year I came back as anemic, which had me worried though my doctor didn't seem concerned. This time the level of dead blood cells was high but everything else was normal. Again my doctor isn't concerned, but to me I'm concerned.
Definitely try to focus on what's going right in your life right now and wait to find out the results of the other tests. It's hard not to worry, but you've made such progress in your life the last three years that you can overcome whatever it turns out to be.
Thanks Todd. I'm feeling better.
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